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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7712727 | Air cushion vehicle bow skirt retraction system A system and method retracts and lets-out a laterally extending flexible bow seal on an air cushion vehicle having a bow ramp. Attachment loops on the forward outside surface of the bow seal receive a skirt cable. A separate cable routing system is connected to oppo... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7374126 | Cable guide of a cable winch A cable guide of a cable winch, such as a cable hoisting winch, includes a cable drum having at least one cable groove and a cable guide having at least two base segments expanding into a ring. The two base segments are guided in the cable groove by at least one eng... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7201365 | Apparatus and a method for use in handling a load Apparatus for use in handling a load where a load-bearing rope and a service cable are inter-wound as they are being paid out, having a wrapping device for wrapping a securing member around the service cable and the load-bearing rope, and to unwrap the securing memb... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7191678 | Electromotive adjustment device An electromotive adjustment device for adjusting a control element includes a housing and a gear mechanism which has a plurality of intermeshing gear wheels to define a drive train. In driving relationship with the gear mechanism is a drive motor which is constructe... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7168336 | Transmission mechanism in slot-in drive A transmission mechanism in a slot-in drive comprises a chassis respectively connected to a motor, worm, worm gear and a plurality of spur gears, a rubber roller, transmission sheet and control sheet, in which one of the spur gears and the rubber roller are connecte... | 01/30/2007 |
| 6971278 | Manual multi-ratio tension-applying device A tension applying device including a housing in which are mounted a primary shaft, a main shaft, a pinion shaft, and a load-member sheave shaft. A ratchet handle is associated with the primary shaft for imparting rotation thereto when pumped by a user. Rotation of ... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6698722 | Apparatus and method for use in handling a load An apparatus and a method for use in handling a load includes a load-bearing rope, and a mechanism for paying out and recovering the rope. There is also a drum for holding a service cable with a length of the service cable extending from the drum. A wrapp... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6592101 | Hoist with shock absorbing device for the load A shock absorbing device is provided for use on a hoist of the type generally used for safety of personnel entering a manhole or the like which has a base for mounting on a support surface at the hole and a jib portion. A winch is mounted at one position ... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6086050 | Apparatus for pulling a traction cable through an underground pipe A pulling apparatus includes a frame having a securing stirrup for securing a beam. The beam is provided at one end with a return pulley. Due to the structure of the securing stirrup, the tractive forces are transferred completely to the beam and the fram... | 07/11/2000 |
| 4921219 | Powered sailboat winch A power sailboat winch mechanism for the high speed gathering of running rigging line under initial low tension with final slow speed gathering of the same line under final high tension combined with line storage is disclosed. The winch mechanism includes... | 05/01/1990 |
| 4601633 | Hoist A hoist that includes a winding drum for a load-lift cable mechanism. The um has two drum sections of slightly different diameter; end portions of the cable are wound in different directions on the drum sections, so that one cable section winds onto a dru... | 07/22/1986 |
| 4523645 | Method of and apparatus for moving reeled material into and retrieving it from the upper end of a well bore in the earth's surface Material is supported on rotatable reel means with one end extending therefrom for connection with a well string for a well bore. Movable means support the portion of material extending between the reel means and well string. Means lower and raise the mov... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4472180 | Apparatus for withdrawing blood from a test tube or the like Blood is transferred from a test tube having a supply of blood covered by a head of foamed blood into a second tube which is provided with a graduated scale and both ends of which are open. An apparatus for performing the transfer includes a cap having a ... | 09/18/1984 |
| 4438903 | Obstacle detector for a descending or ascending load An obstacle detector is disclosed, being designed to automatically brake a descending or ascending load suspended on at least two spaced cables, should an obstacle be encountered in the path of the load. The detector comprises at least two winch drums and... | 03/27/1984 |
| 4364545 | Well servicing apparatus A suspension structure is disclosed for use in running well hardware such as a pumping assembly by cable into a well and pulling the hardware from the well, the structure including two suspension masts. One of the masts is a lightweight mast having a work... | 12/21/1982 |
| 4296819 | Cable tensioner for a downcrowding device for earth boring machines A downcrowding device for an earth boring apparatus has an improved take-up device for taking up slack in the downcrowding cable. The downcrowding device is of the type having a rotatable drum, hydraulic rams for moving the drum downwardly, a brake for pr... | 10/27/1981 |
| 3967735 | Cranes with look independent of sheave block A crane is provided with a sheave-block, a winch for lifting and lowering the sheave-block, a crane hook, spring-loaded catches for demountably attaching the crane hook to the sheave-block, and a tension-imparting winch unit for lifting and lowering the c... | 07/06/1976 |
